What is "Remote Viewing"?
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WHAT IS "REMOTE VIEWING?"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remote viewing is the purported ability for a viewer to gather information on a remote target consisting of an object, place, or person, etc., that is hidden from the physical perception of the viewer and typically separated from the viewer at some distance or time.[1][2]
The Parapsychological Association describes it as a form of extra-sensory perception, usually attempted during experiments in which the percipient tries to describe a distant location or the environs of a distant agent. The term was introduced by Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff in 1974.[3]
As with other forms of extra-sensory perception or mentalism, the objective validity of remote viewing is generally disputed.
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HISTORY
The Stargate Project was one of a number of code names for government "remote viewing programs". Others included Sun Streak, Grill Flame, Center Lane by DIA and INSCOM, and SCANATE by CIA, from the 1970s, through to 1995. It was an offshoot of research done at Stanford Research Institute (SRI).[4]
The Stargate Project created a set of protocols designed to make clairvoyance a more scientific process, and minimize as much as possible session noise and inaccuracy.[citation needed]
The project was eventually terminated, according to the official report at the time, because there was insufficient evidence of the utility of the intelligence data produced. David Goslin, of the American Institute for Research said, "There's no documented evidence it had any value to the intelligence community."[5]
In 1995 the project was transferred to the CIA and a retrospective evaluation of the results was done. The CIA contracted the American Institutes for Research for this evaluation. An analysis conducted by statistician Jessica Utts showed a statistically significant effect, with some subjects scoring 5%-15% above chance, though subject reports included a large amount of irrelevant information, and when reports did seem on target they were vague and general in nature.[6] Skeptic Ray Hyman concluded a null result[6] and based upon both of their collected findings, the CIA followed the recommendation to terminate the 20 million dollar project.[5] Time magazine stated in 1995 three full-time psychics were still working on a $500,000-a-year budget out of Fort Meade, Maryland, which would soon be shut down,[5] which occured in 1996.[7]
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CRITICISM
According to Dr. David Marks in experiments conducted in the 1970s at the Stanford Research Institute, the notes given to the judges contained clues as to which order they were carried out, such as referring to yesterday's two targets, or they had the date of the session written at the top of the page. Dr. Marks concluded that these clues were the reason for the experiment's high hit rates.[8][9]
Dr. Marks has also suggested that the participants of remote viewing experiments are influenced by subjective validation, a process through which correspondences are perceived between stimuli that are in fact associated purely randomly. [10]
Others have said that, the information from remote viewing sessions can be vague and include a lot of erroneous data.[6] The 1995 report for the American Institute for Research "An Evaluation of Remote Viewing: Research and Applications" by Mumford, Rose and Goslin, contains a section of anonymous reports describing how remote viewing was tentatively used in a number of operational situations. The three reports conclude that the data was too vague to be of any use, and in the report that offers the most positive results the writer notes that the viewers "had some knowledge of the target organizations and their operations but not the background of the particular tasking at hand."[6]
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POPULAR CULTURE
In the movie Suspect Zero detectives must track a killer who has the Remote Viewing ability. A major theme of the film is remote viewing, and the DVD's extra features include interviews with people who worked with the US military and intelligence agencies as part of those programs.
In the second season of The Dead Zone, episode 16 (The Hunt) involves the protagonist being recruited by a covert government remote viewing team. He enables the team to provide real-time intelligence information to U.S. special forces engaging with terrorists in Afghanistan.
In the TV Series John Doe (2002-2003) remote viewing also played a key role as John struggled to learn his identity.
Remote Viewing is a common topic on the late-night radio talk show Coast to Coast AM.
In the video games Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy and Second Sight, the main characters have remote viewing as one of their abilities.
In the science fiction novel Three Days to Never by Tim Powers one character is a psychic spy, but also blind, using her Remote Viewing to see normally through the eyes of others. The underground US military Remote Viewing spy training facility in the desert which honed her RV capabilities as a child is loosely based on an actual CIA program which existed until the 1980s.
In the TV series Numb3rs, season two episode "Mind Games" features John Glover as a remote viewer who assists Eppes' FBI team with a case.
In the animated TV series Delta State, one of the four protagonists has the power of remote viewing.
In the book Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz, a genetically modified remote viewer is able to possess control of a persons body at any location, usually indoors.
Remote viewing is a major theme of the 2006-2007 Deadman series by Bruce Jones.
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SELECTED RV STUDY PARTICIPANTS
Ingo Swann, one of the founders of remote viewing
Pat Price, one of the early remote viewers
Paul Smith, credited with authoring/editing the original CRV training manual
Russell Targ, cofounder of the Stanford Research Institute's investigation into psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s
Joseph McMoneagle, one of the early remote viewers
Ed Dames, formerly associated with PSI TECH, Inc.
Courtney Brown, founder of the Farsight Institute
David Morehouse, remote viewer during Stargate program
Lyn Buchanan
David Marks, the critic of remote viewing, after finding sensory cues in the original transcripts generated by Russell Targ and Hal Puthoff at Stanford Research Institute in the 1970s
Gerald O'Donnell , Founder and President of the Academy of Remote Viewing and Remote Influencing Reality and Thought
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